High Court Urged Not To Raise Bar For Retaliation Claims

Law360, New York (April 8, 2013, 6:26 PM EDT) -- A doctor who claims a Texas hospital retaliated against him for complaints of racial discrimination urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject his former employer's contention that a mixed-motive framework cannot apply in Title VII retaliation cases.

In a brief to the high court, Naiel Nassar, a doctor of Middle Eastern descent and a former member at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center who claims the hospital and medical school retaliated against him after he complained of racially motivated harassment by a superior,...